Oceanographic CTD and Bottle Data from Indonesian Seas, August-September 1993

Discrete sample and profile data collected from the BARUNA JAYA I research vessel across nine Indonesian seas from 1993 -08-08 to 1993-09-09. These data include CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-11 (CFC-11), CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-12 (CFC-12), DISSOLVED OXYGEN, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, Potential temperature (theta), SALINITY and WATER TEMPERATURE. The data were collected by Arnold Gordon of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory as part of the GLODAPv2_42BJ19930808 dataset.

Use Cases

• Modeling historical ocean circulation based on salinity and temperature profiles.
• Analyzing chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-11 and CFC-12) tracer distributions for water mass age studies.
• Studying dissolved oxygen levels and potential temperature for biogeochemical research.
• Calibrating or validating regional ocean models using hydrographic bottle and CTD data.

Strengths

• Data covers nine distinct seas in the Indonesian archipelago, providing regional breadth.
• Includes multiple key oceanographic variables: CFCs, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature.
• Collected during a defined research cruise (Arlindo '93) with a known principal investigator.

Limitations

• Last updated 1993-09-09 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments from the BARUNA JAYA I research vessel.

Time Range

1993-08 08 to 1993-09-09

Freshness

1993-09-09 00:00:00

Geography

Bali Sea, Banda Sea, Celebes Sea, Ceram Sea or Seram Sea, Flores Sea, Java Sea, Makassar Strait, Molucca Sea, Timor Sea